| Article ID: | iaor2005799 |
| Country: | China |
| Volume: | 12 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Start Page Number: | 68 |
| End Page Number: | 72 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2003 |
| Journal: | Operations Research and Management Science |
| Authors: | Lu Houqing, Jia Linfeng, Tu Jiangang, Cai Zhiqiang |
Soft operations research is a soft scientific method of studying management systems; it is a development of operations research. Flexible operations research is a basic step of soft OR.